They are probably text, try

=COUNTA(cell range)

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"EmilyJ" wrote in message
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Working with a very large Excel database and must count each unit. Have
tried using =COUNT(cell range) but it does not work. I have 0 as an
answer.
What am I doing wrong? All units are in one cell but they are different
(some up to 1000). I use Excel 2002.